Confetti bag, 1906

A confetti bag for the wedding of Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969). This silk and gilt cone of rice confetti, with the initials VE adorning the side, is thought to have belonged to a bridesmaid of Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg and carried at the wedding. The confetti is still inside as tragedy struck the wedding procession when an anarchist threw a bomb at the royal carriage and an outrider was killed. Victoria Eugenia was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She was Queen Consort of Spain as the wife of King of Spain Alfonso XIII of Bourbon, whom she married on 31 May 1906

Adorning Alfonso Anarchist Battenberg Belonged Bourbon Bridesmaid Cone Confetti Consort Eugenia Eugenie Granddaughter Initials Struck Threw Whom Xiii

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